Best known for his ground breaking work in Extreme and currently
touring with Rihanna, Nuno Bettencourt is a true guitar hero,
inspiring millions of guitarists around the world. While primarily
known for his electric work on his Washburn N4 signature guitar,
Nuno and Extreme came to prominence with the acoustic hit, "More
Than Words", which featured Nuno playing a Washburn Festival Series
guitar. Nuno has continued to use Washburn Festival Series guitars
on stage and studio to this day.

It is with that spirit and desire to create the perfect stage
and studio ready instrument that Washburn and Nuno teamed up to
create the EA20SNB. The guitar is a thinline jumbo style
electro-acoustic with a Florentine cutaway for extended upper fret
access. It features a book matched solid Alaskan Sitka spruce top
with quarter sawn scalloped bracing and gorgeous book matched
rosewood back and sides. A smooth satin finished mahogany neck
offers the utmost playing comfort and is topped with a rosewood
fingerboard which features custom 'Mourning Widow' inlays at the
12th fret. A bone nut and saddle provide ultimate tone transfer and
chrome Grover 18:1 tuners provide ultra precise tuning and tuning
stability. The unique soundhole rosette also features the 'Mourning
Widow' motif.

The EA20SNB is well suited to live performance due to its
feedback reducing thin body and features Fishman Isys+ electronics
for superb natural sounding amplified tone.

The Washburn EA20SNB is expected to be shipping in the UK in Q2
2013 with pricing to be confirmed.